[Williamsburg] Thursday the 25th day of July 1776. ー
Resolved that the following places be appointed as Magazines or Repositorys for the reception of Provisions and Na val Stores for the use of the Navy in the Several Rivers, to wit, for York River Fraziers upon Mattapony, for James River Low point, upon Chepokes Creek for Rappahanock River ー Bathursts Landing upon Piscataway Creek, and for Potowmack River potowmack Creek in Stafford County. ー2
1. Navy Board Journal, 19, 20, VSL.
2. Ibid., 20-22, on July 26, the Navy Board appointed "Agents or Contractors for purchasing provisions, Ship Materials, Naval Stores and all other Necessaries which they may be directed to Purchase, " and resolved that they be allowed "a Commission of two and a half percent on all Sums of Money by them disbursed..." Those named were: William Holt, James River; Merriwether Smith and William Roane, Rappahannock River; James Hunter, Potomac River; and William Roane and William Frazer, York River.
